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NEW YORK (AP) — Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” will open the 63rd New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced Wednesday. “After the Hunt” will first premiere at the Venice Film Festival, but on Sept. 26, it will kick off the New York Film Festival. An Amazon MGM Studios release due out this fall, it stars Julia Roberts as a Yale philosophy professor whose comfortable life is tested after her protege (Ayo Edebiri) accuses the professor’s longtime colleague (Andrew Garfield) of sexual assault. Dennis Lim, artistic director of the festival, said Guadagnino’s film “confirms his status as one…
Stéphane Maquaire, President and CEO of Club Med Holding. (Photo Credit: Club Med)Stéphane Maquaire has been named as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Club Med Holding, effective immediately.The all-inclusive resort giant announced that the move was made based on the recommendation of Henri Giscard d’Estaing and followed a rigorous succession and evaluation process. The accomplished Frenchman will lead Club Med Holding from Paris.In this week’s announcement, the board thanked Giscard d’Estaing for his two decades of leadership. “In Stéphane, we have chosen a leader with deep experience in the consumer sector and a remarkable international track record. He…
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to unveil his long-awaited AI Action Plan at a Washington D.C. event Wednesday hosted by Silicon Valley insiders — his first major address concerning artificial intelligence since he took office for the second time in January. The AI Action Plan should provide a roadmap of the Trump administration’s strategies, priorities, and concerns around AI — likely a technology that will come to define the 47th President’s term. The plan is effectively a replacement for the Biden AI executive order, the previous administration’s AI strategy which placed a large focus on mandating AI companies to…
Wayne Kuhl, a McDonald’s chef, shows the spicy and ranch Snack Wrap after he finished wrapping at the McDonald’s Headquarters in Chicago on May 29, 2025.Nam Y. Huh | APEarly data suggests the return of McDonald’s Snack Wraps is winning over customers.After a nearly decadelong hiatus, the burger chain brought back the popular menu item earlier this month. So far, it looks like a hit.From July 10 to July 12, the first three days of the launch, McDonald’s locations saw traffic jump by double digits each day compared to the year-to-date daily average, according to Placer.ai data. Evercore ISI estimates…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Dozens of international humanitarian organizations warned Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is endangering the lives of doctors and aid workers, while a major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.” In a joint statement, 111 international humanitarian organizations called on Israel to end its blockade, restore the full flow of food, clean water and medical supplies to Gaza, and agree to a ceasefire. The coalition warned Wednesday that supplies in the enclave are now “totally depleted” and that humanitarian groups are “witnessing their own…
The idea of a cross-country road trip in an electric vehicle might seem daunting. After all, it’s not hard to envision getting stranded on the side of the road with a depleted battery or being stuck in a parking lot, charging for hours. But there are ways to easily avoid these worst-case scenarios. The experts at Edmunds have plenty of experience driving electric vehicles, and here they share their five best tips on how to make cross-country driving in an EV easy.Use EV route planning applicationsMinimizing the number of charging stations you visit and your time at them is key…
A “For Rent, For Sale” sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. Sarah Silbiger | ReutersA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.It’s getting harder to sell a home, as rising supply, high mortgage rates and waning consumer confidence conspire to keep potential buyers on the sidelines. Now some frustrated sellers…
Owners of the Lucid Air sedan will be able to charge their luxury EVs at thousands of Tesla Supercharger stations in North America starting July 31, nearly two years since the automakers reached an agreement. But there is a notable caveat: Lucid Air vehicles won’t be able to charge as fast as Tesla vehicles. Lucid said on Tuesday that all Lucid Air sedans, regardless of model year, will be able to access Tesla’s network of fast chargers with an approved adapter that costs $220. Tesla V3 (and above) Supercharger stations are compatible with the Lucid Air adapter. However, the Air…
CNN — Digital technology may have led to the decline of hand-drawn animation, but it still required legions of creatives and technicians to feed into the process. Now some fear that artificial intelligence (AI) could push the human touch further still out of the equation. But in Africa, animation professionals see AI as a means to unlock new creative possibilities, while getting their projects off the ground with greater ease. Stuart Forrest, CEO of BAFTA and Emmy-winning Triggerfish Animation Studio, which has its headquarters in South Africa, is one of them. “Africa has quite a unique position globally,” he told…
Lux Capital-backed Cloaked, a consumer app for user identity protection, launched an AI-powered caller screening and dark web monitoring feature today. Cloaked’s caller screening feature, named Call Guard, takes a call from an unknown number and converses with the caller to understand the intent. The tool automatically filters out spam or potentially scammy calls instead of relying on users to make the decision. It’s similar to what Google launched for Pixel, and what Apple plans to roll out for iOS 26 users. Third-party companies like Truecaller have also used AI for call screening. Image Credits:Cloaked Users can still see the…